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Author: PucksFool 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Chart of who hold US debt
Date: 12/15/2024 9:10 AM
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I follow Barry Ritholtz on BlueSky. He posted a chart from Visual Capitalist showing where US debt is held. Here's the link to the chart.
https://licensing.visualcapitalist.com/product/cha...

Here's the skinny:
Domestic holders account for $26.4T
International holders account for $7.9T
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Author: AdrianC 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Chart of who hold US debt
Date: 12/15/2024 10:16 AM
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China $820b. Surprised it is that small.
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Subject: Re: Chart of who hold US debt
Date: 12/15/2024 5:28 PM
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Here's the skinny:
Domestic holders account for $26.4T
International holders account for $7.9T


Yeah, the funny thing is that “domestic holders” includes “intragovernment loans” and “the Fed”, which is basically “one part of the government owes another part of the government money, but it will never be repaid so fuggetaboutit.”

I suppose that’s important, somehow, but I don’t claim to understand it.
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Author: PucksFool 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Chart of who hold US debt
Date: 12/16/2024 6:06 AM
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https://fiscal.treasury.gov/files/reports-statemen...

The numbers at the link are a few years old but the agencies holding the intergovernmental debt probably haven't changed that much. It appears that various government employee retirement and health insurance funds make up a large percentage of the debt along with Social Security.
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Author: PucksFool 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Chart of who hold US debt
Date: 12/16/2024 8:38 AM
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"... make up a large percentage of the debt along with Social Security."

That should be, "... make up a large percentage of the debt holders along with Social Security."
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Author: Mark   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Chart of who hold US debt
Date: 12/17/2024 1:17 AM
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Yeah, the funny thing is that “domestic holders” includes “intragovernment loans” and “the Fed”, which is basically “one part of the government owes another part of the government money, but it will never be repaid so fuggetaboutit.”

Ah, so if "the fed" doesn't count (somehow), all we need to do is to spend as much as we want, and issue all debt to the fed. Voila, problem solved.

Of course, it's all smoke and mirrors because none of that matters. When government spends money, that money comes from somewhere no matter what. Even if the fed creates it out of thin air, it still becomes part of the overall economy. If the government wanted to spend an extra $25T on something big, they could just go to the fed and ask for an extra $25T, and the fed would put $25T more on their books. But once the government has that $25T in their hot little spendthrift hands, the big question is - what will businesses out there charge for $25T worth of stuff? If suddenly there is an additional $25T of money, maybe all the previous money plus the new money might not be worth as much anymore (aka "inflation") and that $25T may only buy $15T of stuff. Now repeat that over and over and over and what happens in the end?
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